Best of British: The Nation's Favourite Classical Music

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Track list

CD 1

=> 1 The Lark Ascending (14:50)
=> 2 The Planets - Suite, H125, op. 32: 4. Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity (Allegro giocoso) (8:05)
=> 3 Cello Concerto in E minor, op. 85: III. Adagio (5:02)
=> 4 Messiah, HWV 56, Part 2: Hallelujah (chorus: Allegro) (3:59)
=> 5 Variations on an Original Theme, op. 36, "Enigma": IX. Nimrod (Adagio) (3:51)
=> 6 Water Music, Suite in F: Air (4:09)
=> 7 The Armed Man (A Mass for Peace): X. Agnus Dei (3:35)
=> 8 Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis (14:42)
=> 9 Messiah, HWV 56, Part 1: For unto us a child is born (chorus: Andante allegro) (4:18)
=> 10 Fantasia on 'Greensleeves' (4:07)
=> 11 Pomp and Circumstance - Military Marches, op. 39: No. 4 in G (4:44)
=> 12 The Dream of Gerontius, op. 38, Part II: Softly and Gently (Angel, Chorus, Semi-Chorus) (6:55)

CD 2

=> 1 Thine be the glory (Maccabaeus) (2:57)
=> 2 Five Variants of 'Dives and Lazarus' (10:34)
=> 3 Coronation Anthems (1727): Zadok the Priest, HWV 258 (6:07)
=> 4 The Banks of Green Willow Idyll (6:04)
=> 5 A Gaelic Blessing (Words Adapted from an Old Gaelic Rune) (1:47)
=> 6 English Dances, Set II, op. 33: 5. Allegro non troppo (3:06)
=> 7 The Dream of Gerontius, op. 38, Part II: But Hark! A Grand Mysterious Harmony (Soul, Angel, Chorus) (8:13)
=> 8 Water Music, Suite in F: Bourrée (2:24)
=> 9 Three Preludes Founded on Welsh Hymn Tunes: 2. Rhosymedre (Melody By J. D. Edwards, 1805-1885) (4:09)
=> 10 Jerusalem (2:45)
=> 11 Solomon, HWV 67: Sinfonia (The Arrival of the Queen of Sheba) (3:23)
=> 12 Spem in alium (10:15)
=> 13 Water Music, Suite in D: Alla Hornpipe (3:17)
=> 14 Adiemus: Adiemus (3:56)
=> 15 Crown Imperial: Coronation March (8:33)

CD 3

=> 1 English Folk Songs - Suite: I. March (Seventeen Come Sunday) (3:09)
=> 2 Requiem: 1. Requiem Aeternam (5:36)
=> 3 Chanson De Matin, op. 15 no. 2 (3:37)
=> 4 Water Music, Suite in D: Bourrée (1:32)
=> 5 The Dam Busters March (3:56)
=> 6 Requiem: In paradisum (5:23)
=> 7 Music for the Royal Fireworks: La Réjouissance (2:12)
=> 8 Simple Symphony, op. 4: III. Sentimental Saraband (7:08)
=> 9 Warsaw Concerto (8:56)
=> 10 Serenade for Strings in E minor, op. 20: II. Larghetto (5:23)
=> 11 Music for the Royal Fireworks: Minuets I & II (2:22)
=> 12 The Armed Man (A Mass for Peace): XII. Benedictus (7:36)
=> 13 Salut d'amour, op. 12 (3:49)
=> 14 On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring (6:05)
=> 15 Façade - Two Suites for Orchestra: Popular Song (Grazioso) (II/5) (2:17)
=> 16 Henry V - Suite: 4. Touch Her Soft Lips and Part (1:52)
=> 17 Coronation Ode, op. 44: VI. Land of Hope and Glory (4:32)

Labels

=> EMI (EMI Records, since 1972)

50999 6 31600 2

Release events

2006 United Kingdom

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